New York City's income breakdowns per neighborhood

Click--> Income distribution

This is an amazing map of New York City, that provides the percentages of lower, middle, and upper classes in each section of New York.

The only issue I take with it is that many of the sections of the city on the map are too broad. I think many of these sections contain some of the richest and poorest neighborhoods within them. Another problem of course is that neighborhoods like Greenwich Village for example have many people living on very low income, but it is almost impossible to move in to the neighborhood with low funds. Many residents have great rent only because they have been living there for 30 or more years.

Still it is an amazing interactive map and really provides a good starting point into understanding New York City.

Marathon day:

It's always a good idea to have knowledge of what streets are closing, and when. For the best traffic overview click here: Gridlock Sam's Daily News Traffic Page, especially on weekends, especially today.

For an even more detailed look at street closings and the course overview visit here: NYC. gov's ING New York Marathon course description

Attention Saturday Morning Drivers:

From 7am to 1pm you will be confronted with this wall of happiness. From the Brooklyn Bridge to 72nd Street; Laffayette, then 4th Avenue, then Park Avenue will all be closed. And 72nd Street will be closed between Central Park and Park Avenue. All major street crossings will remain open, but be prepared for multitudes of bicyclists and pedestrians crossing when the light is against them.

This is a trial program which will be tested August 9th, 16th, and the 23rd. 

I'm on both sides of the fence on this one. It sounds like a wonderful idea, but right through the middle of the city, has any other city done this before? I know Cambridge Massachusetts is one example, however they close  Memorial Drive, a major road with only a few cross-streets in an un-congested area, also they close the drive sundays and not saturdays. 

I think it is a bit much to imagine that cutting circulation of traffic right in the middle of Manhattan can work on any day of the week. I hope that when examining this plan, city experts had examined the effects on traffic from the 5 boro bike tour, and the New York City Marathon.

Frankly I love the idea, but I'm pretty pessimistic on the income I will be making. I'll make sure to tell all my friends to take out their bike, their inline skates, and their skateboards, in hopes that maybe someone can enjoy the day. 

The Map!

Totally sorry, but this map is even better, than the ones I mentioned before. 

Click on the link, then click on specific sections for detailed street names and neighborhood distinctions.

District Profile Map

The only problem with this, is that certain zoomed in neighborhood maps are turned upside down, and clockwise, etc.. etc..

A good neighborhood map

I think I found one finally:

Department of City Planning: City of Neighborhoods

Click a zone number to see the neighborhoods within. There are still a bunch of neighborhood names not mentioned, but its pretty decent.

The best map I've found for a specific borough was here: Queens Boundaries

This is the best map I could find for Manhattan: NYC, Manhattan

Half of Brooklyn, is known only to the veteran New Yorker, and not very well I might add, so there are no good maps specifically for this entire borough. The only maps I could find for Brooklyn only cover the left side of it.